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Education would be a divine thing, if it did nothing more than help us to think and love great thoughts instead of little thoughts.
John Lancaster Spalding
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John Lancaster Spalding
Age: 76 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1916
Died: August 25
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Though what we accept be true, it is a prejudice unless we ourselves have considered and understood why and how it is true.
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The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
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The will the one thing it is most important to educate we neglect.
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Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.
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The noblest are they who turning from the things the vulgar crave, seek the source of a blessed life in worlds to which the senses do not lead.
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Language should be pure, noble and graceful, as the body should be so: for both are vestures of the Soul.
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